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戴维.霍克斯 译 枉凝眉 [黛玉] 特点：“哭” 林黛玉是林如海和贾敏的独女。因父母先后去世，外祖母怜其孤独，接来荣国府抚养，虽然她是寄人篱下的孤儿，但她生性孤傲，天真率直，和薛宝钗同为封建的叛逆者。 Hope Betrayed One was a flower from paradise One a pure jade without spot or stain If each for the other one was not intended, Then why in this life did they meet again ? And yet if fate had meant them for each other, Why was their earthly meeting all in vain? In vain were all her sighs and tears, In vain were all his anxious fears : All, insubstantial, doomed to pass, As moonlight mirrored in the water Or flowers reflected in a glass. How many tears from those poor eyes could flow, Which every season rained upon her woe ? 终身误 【薛宝钗】 特点：“冷”或“时” 薛宝钗实为一冰雪美人，其人亦觉“冷”而“香”。她是宝玉薛姨妈的女儿，她容貌美丽，肌骨莹润，举止娴雅。有封建女性最高标准的品德。 第一句说宝钗有封建阶级女性最高标准的品德。符合封建道德标准的女人，成为具有“停机德”，这里是赞叹宝钗的。 第二句是说林黛玉是个绝顶聪慧的才女。“咏絮才”指女子咏诗的才华。 “可叹停机德，堪怜咏絮才！玉带林中挂，金簪雪里埋。” 第三句倒过来是指“林黛玉”。好好的一条封建官僚的腰带，沦落到挂在枯木上，是黛玉才情才情被忽视，命运悲惨的写照。 第四句是指薛宝钗如图里的金簪一般，被埋在雪里，也是不得其所，暗示薛宝钗必然遭到冷落孤寒的境遇。 杨译: Alas for her wifely virtue, Her wit to sing of willow-down,poor maid ! Buried in snow the broken golden hairpin, And hanging in the wood the belt of jade . 霍译： One was a pattern of female virtue , One a wit who made other wits seem slow, The jade belt in the greenwood hangs, The gold pin is buried beneath the snow . 恨无常【元春】 特点：贾元春乃贾政与王夫人之长女，后因贤孝才德选入宫中作女吏。不久，封凤藻宫尚书，加封贤德妃，是荣府女性中地位最高的一位。 第一句写元春在宫中生活了二十多年，对人世间的荣辱甘苦有了新的认识，觉得自己实在到了“那不见得人的处”。 第二句石榴花开在宫廷里，喻元春的荣耀。写元春从女吏到凤藻宫尚书，直至贤德贵妃，荣耀一时，像石榴花盛开时一般火红。 “二十年来辨是非，榴花开出照宫闱； 三春争及初春景，虎兔相逢大梦归。” 第三句是说迎春、探春、惜春比不上元春的荣华富贵。 第四句就是说她在寅卯年之交就要一命呜呼！前三句极力渲染元春的荣耀，突然一句跌落下来，让你出一身冷汗。元春一死，这个赫赫经历百载的贵族之家就要迅速土崩瓦解。 杨译： For twenty years she arbitrates Where pomegranates blaze by palace gates. How can the later spring equal the spring’s start? When Hare and Tiger meet, From this Great Dream of life she must depart. 霍译： You shall, when twenty years in the life’s hard school are done, In pomegranate-time to palace halls ascend. Though three springs never could with your first spring compare, When hare meets tiger your great dream s